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UK: Hotel and leisure club company Village Hotel Club (Village) has expanded its leadership team with three appointments to support its growth plan.
Paul Roberts, previously chief financial officer, will now act as the company’s chief operating officer (COO), a newly-created role. Matthew Ward has been appointed as chief financial officer (CFO) with Jon Davis as chief technology officer (CTO).
As COO, Roberts will be tasked with building the company’s vision, strategic framework, systems, efficiency and sustainability. He will ensure alignment across commercial, operational and guest experience functions.
Ward’s responsibilities as CFO will include overseeing finances and working with the company’s senior leadership team to assist in the company’s growth strategy.
As CTO, Davis’s role will be to lead Village’s technology plans, including implementing internal and consumer-facing systems to enhance the guest experience.
Gary Davis, CEO of Village Hotel Club, said: “Strong leadership remains key to delivering exceptional guest and member experiences and driving Village’s long-term success. I look forward to Paul enhancing our operational excellence in his new role, whilst Matthew and Jon bring a wealth of experience, making them invaluable additions to our executive team.
“Today, I believe we have one of the best teams in the leisure industry, highly capable of leading the next phase of Village’s exciting growth trajectory. This will see us acquire and transform new sites, continue to evolve our customer proposition, and deliver operational best practices to cement Village as one of the UK’s most exciting hotel and leisure brands,” he added.
The leadership expansion comes as the company prepares a £82 million refurbishment programme to upgrade existing assets in the first phase of investment.
Highlights:
• Village Hotel Club has expanded its C-suite team with three appointments across finance, operations and technology roles.
• CEO Gary Davis outlined plans to acquire and transform new sites as part of the brand’s growth strategy.
• An £82 million refurbishment programme marks the first phase of asset upgrades across the UK.
